Daily Archives: November 13, 2020

In December Roberta’s younger son, Johann Michael (Mike), and she decided to put the 14th Street house in Austin on the market.  They had been talking about it for a while and originally thought they would do it in the … Continue reading →

November was pretty cold this year – we even had snow in the local mountains just above Corona.  Mid-November Joel was hit on his bike by a hit and run driver coming home from the office one night!  Fortunately he … Continue reading →

In October Joel had to test a new application of his iTroll on a boat that had been loaned to him by a customer, so we took it to Lake Elsinore.  Nice break from our regular routine! Then it was … Continue reading →

Roberta had been wanting for quite some time to take her older son, Kevin, to meet her half-brother in Cooperstown, NY.  They are both artists and photographers and she thought it would be a great meeting.  But so many interruptions … Continue reading →

By mid-August our house was pretty much done with the repairs – except for the shed and the stairs.  Joel and I took a day off work and went to a live taping of AGT with some friends at the … Continue reading →

Painting was the next project for our park model, followed by the installation of the NextStone.  It took about a week for the crew to get it all done. Finally – a break!  Joel planned for us to go to … Continue reading →

We returned from Tacoma on the first of June.  It was a beautiful drive home and we made time to stop at Crater Lake. Once back home, Roberta decided to make the bike stands that Joel had found on the … Continue reading →

The concrete work continued into May, but our friend Sonny and his crew did an awesome job!  We had been looking at possibly doing pavers, but discovered that in our environment pavers would be a horrible mistake.  So, again, Joel … Continue reading →

Joel and Roberta had talked about buying a more economical car to use in California and he was planning to sell his 4Runner and his daughter’s car as soon as possible.  He did a lot of research and we ended … Continue reading →